Jewelling - Definition

[02xtreme07SS]

You're killing me Mike, but you're right. I meant SF4500. rops:

 

[john b]

thanks mike,do you know when your video will be uploaded?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

thanks mike,do you know when your video will be uploaded?

Here you go...

How to Jewel Paint using a Rotary Buffer​

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4PQfiXJLIc&hd=1]How to Jewel Paint using a Rotary Buffer - YouTube[/video]


In this example I'm using a 5.5" Lake Country Blue Foam Finishing Pad on a Flexible Backing Plate on a Flex PE14 Rotary Buffer.

You can use larger pads and backing plates on full size rotary buffers as long as the pads are soft foam finishing pads and you keep your RPM's at a low speed.

The paint should already be polished using a fine cut polish before switching to an "Ultra Fine Cut Polish" like the Menzerna SF 4500.

Also be sure to work surgically clean, that means before jeweling you want to make sure all previous compound and polish residues are removed off the surface and out of the cracks and crevices.


I did this in one take using my iphone.

 

[john b]

thanks mike.love the videos you make:dblthumb2:

 

[02xtreme07SS]

Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to do this.

 

[KneeDragr]

Seems like when I use less pressure the polish dries up really fast. Anyone else get this?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

thanks mike.

love the videos you make

I should have tilted the camera up a little bit my head was cut off some of the time...

Came out in one take and I made most of the major points. I'd like to make a longer video but would need Yancy with a real camera to do a good job, not my iPhone on a tripod on a bucket on a cart. :laughing:

Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Actually ran out of time. Meant to shoot it first thing when I arrived at 7:00am this morning before Mike arrived to pick up his car. Instead I answered a plethora of questions on the forum and started the video right when Mike arrived. Lucky for me Mike is retired...

Seems like when I use less pressure the polish dries up really fast. Anyone else get this?

Temperature here in Stuart, Florida is on the low side today, didn't even have the air conditioning on in the studio.

Menzerna SF 4500 is a very wet product and has a long buffing cycle, if you find "this" product is drying out on you try working a smaller section or using more product.

Some factors that affect buffing cycle...

• Temperature
• Humidity
• Air Currents = wind

 

[2007M6]

Jewelling - Definition

This 1949 Chevy Sedan Delivery was Jewelled using only a Rotary Buffer
Bumblebee - Testing out the NEW DeWALT DWP849X

How to Jewel Paint using a Rotary Buffer​

How to Jewel Paint using a Rotary Buffer - YouTube




Jewelling
Jewelling is a term for what I always called finish polishing, both terms mean to bring the paint to the highest degree of gloss, shine, depth, reflectivity etc. and this is done by making the paint as perfectly flat as possible at the microscopic level.

Just to make sure there's no confusion, when I use the word flat I don't mean as in dull or matte, I mean as smooth and equal in surface level, as in perfectly flat like the surface of a glass window. The car body panel itself can be curved but the paint on the curved panel must be perfectly flat and smooth.

I personally like the term jewelling better than finish polishing because the word jewel conjures up a picture in your mind, or the idea of a highly polished gemstone that glistens when light reflects off its surfaces.

A few years ago when the term jewelling reached the tipping point and became a commonly used term on detailing discussion forums I posted a request to one forum and asked for a volunteer to write an official definition for the term.

To this date I have not found an official definition written as such by anyone. So after waiting for a few years I'll volunteer to take a stab at it.


Jewelling - Definition
The final machine polishing step in which an ultra soft foam finishing pad with no mechanical abrading ability, (in and of itself), is used with a high lubricity ultra fine finishing polish to remove any remaining microscopic surface imperfections out of an automotive paint finish usually after the paint has been previously put through a series of machine compounding and polishing procedures to create a near perfect finish to start with.


Open to suggestions to tweak the definition and perfect it and standardize it for the detailing industry.

Also just want to add that while in most cases jewelling is the last step after a series of previous compounding and polishing steps, it is also possible to start with a near perfect finish. For example, at some other time the paint was already compounded and polished but needs to be refreshed to restore perfection.

1949 Chevy Sedan Delivery - Swirls removed and show car finish by Mike Phillips

Bumblebee - Testing out the NEW DeWALT DWP849X​

Thanks for clearing that up. So would the next step to jeweling be to seal the paint and then finally wax?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Thanks for clearing that up.

So would the next step to jeweling be to seal the paint

and then finally wax?

You're talking about to methods of doing the same thing. Lots of confusion over the topic of the "protection" step.

After all the polishing steps unless the paint is fresh paint, (less than 30 days old), then most people will want to "seal" the paint.

The majority of all compounds and polishes are water soluble so after compounding and polishing while the paint might look GREAT it's not technically "sealed" and the appearance results won't hold up to repeated washing or exposure to rainy, wet weather.

So you want to "seal" the paint with something that is water insoluble. IN today's current available options you have the choice of using a single product from one of three categories or as you asked above, using two products from the three categories.


Here are the three categories,

Traditional Car Waxes - Usually a product that uses some type of naturally occurring waxy type substance. These can be either paste waxes or liquid waxes.

Synthetic Paint Sealants - Usually a liquid using protection ingredients that are NOT naturally occurring so in other words they are man-made or synthetic.

Paint Coatings - The next evolution for products in the "protection category". Usually thin, clear liquids that offer a strong, longer lasting bond to the paint as well as other benefits.
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So what you have asked is if you could or should?

First - Apply a synthetic paint sealant.

Second - Top the synthetic paint sealant with a traditional car wax

And the answer is "yes" you can but you only really need to use a single product from one of the three categories. All three product do the same thing in that they "seal" the paint. After you seal the paint with a single product it's not necessary to use a second product to duplicate the step. It's more personal preference for a person's own reasons.


Just to note,

Some people would choose to just use one product out of the three to seal the paint and call the job done.

Some people would choose to apply two coats of a single product out of the three categories to seal the paint.

Some people like in your question, would choose to use two different types of products that do the same thing, (protect the paint), and apply the synthetic form first and then do what's called topping by applying the naturally occurring type of product over it.
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New to this mix of choices is the option to apply a coating and then apply a traditional car wax over it.


The goal of all of the above is to,

A: Protect the paint - Using a product that will hold up without washing off when exposed to water in any form.

B: Increase protection --> Applying a second product over the first product.

C: Creating a unique "look" --> Applying a second product over the first product.



Clear as mud?


Good question...


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